01 Work, The Art of War, Jules Monge's the last of the battalion, with footnotes

Jules Monge

The last of the battalion, c. 1894

Oil on canvas

59 cm x 45 cm

Private collection

All the soldiers present are French line infantry. The fighter writing with his blood "for France" is a sergeant, the one in the corner of the door is a corporal, the officer seems to be a lieutenant and finally next to him is a corporal-bugler. Given the uniforms, this scene takes place at the start of the war. More on this painting

Jules Monge (25 December 1855 – 1 July 1934) was a French painter.

He was a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Édouard Detaille and Gaston Casimir Saint-Pierre [fr]. He exhibited in Paris at the Salon des artistes français from 1881 to 1933 and achieved many successes. He also exhibited in provincial towns. He produced numerous portraits and military scenes. During the interwar period he visited Republican China and painted its scenes of everyday life. More on Jules Monge

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